Photos: Oracle Team USA forces do-or-die America’s Cup race
September 24, 2013
Oracle Team USA sailors celebrate their victory over Emirates Team New Zealand in race 17 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans also won race 18 and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA celebrates the first of their two victories in the America's Cup races, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in San Franciso, Calif. Calif., leaving them one victory shy of claiming the trophy. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Fans dressed in flags arrive at the America's Cup Park for race 17 between Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand at the America's Cup finals on Sept. 24, 2013, in San Franciso, Calif. Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA vie for position in the starting box before race 17 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races Tuesday and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Emirates Team New Zealand, left, and Oracle Team USA vie for position in the starting box during race 17 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. Emirates was penalized for impeding the Americans, and Team USA won both races and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand take off from the starting gate during race 17 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA zips across San Franciso, Calif.Bay during race 17 of the 34th America's Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Francisco. The Americans won both races and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA, right, has a big lead over Emirates Team New Zealand as they enter the home stretch of race 17 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA races to the finish line for their seventh consecutive victory against Emirates Team New Zealand in the day's first America's Cup race on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in San Francisco, Calif. The win forces a do-or-die race on Wednesday. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Oracle Team USA waves to the crowd after defeating Emirates Team New Zealand race 18 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA, left, and Emirates Team New Zealand run neck and neck from the starting gate during race 18 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races Tuesday, and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA plows its hull into the San Franciso, Calif.Bay and falls behind Emirates Team New Zealand during race 18 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Francisco. The Americans came back to win, however, and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Emirates Team New Zealand tries vainly to catch up with Oracle Team USA during race 17 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA, left, and Emirates Team New Zealand run neck and neck from the starting gate during race 18 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races Tuesday, and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA Emirates Team New Zealand during race 18 of the 34th America's Cup, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races Tuesday and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA seems to have San Franciso, Calif.Bay to themselves as they take a commanding lead during race 17 of the 34th America's Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Francisco. The Americans won both races and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Oracle Team USA crosses the finish line 54 seconds ahead of Emirates Team New Zealand to tie up the America's Cup finals, 8-8, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in San Franciso, Calif. Calif.(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Oracle Team USA approach the finish line during race 18 of the 34th America's Cup against Emirates Team New Zealand, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in San Franciso, Calif. The Americans won both races Tuesday, and have forced a deciding race for Wednesday. (D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) ( AMERICA'S CUP )
Valentina Wallace lets out a shout after Oracle Team USA won the second of their two victories against Emirates Team USA, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at the America's Cup in San Franciso, Calif. Calif. The series is now tied 8-8. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Dean Barker, left, skipper, and Glen Ashby, wing trimmer for the Emirates Team New Zealand faces the media after the Kiwis lost the last of their once commanding 8-1 lead to Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at America's Cup racing in San Franciso, Calif. Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Ben Ainslie, tactician, and Jimmy Spithill, skipper of the Oracle Team USA, participate in a press conference after beating Emirates Team New Zealand in both races to tie up the America's Cup finals, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in San Franciso, Calif. Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
A soccer game breaks out on the tip of Pier 17 as spectators await the start of the America's Cup racing on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in San Franciso, Calif. Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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